"The best way to help these animals is to stop supporting industries that regard animals as food machines instead of as living beings with feelings, wants, and needs................I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights, that is the way of a whole human being.............Lincoln.................The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it treats it's animals......... M Gandhi........... Animals of the world exist for their own reason. They were not made for humans, anymore than black people were made for whites or women for men..................Alice Walker...... .s

Sample Letter to Organisations, Sponsors and others
to stop supporting promotion of Greyhound Racing 

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One of two greyhounds who suffered a horrific death and were found washed up on a shore with concrete bricks tied to their necks.The once-prized animals were found off a pier in West Cork with ropes and bricks tied to their necks to make them drown.

Tom Mellif from Skibbereen was out walking one morning along the banks of the River Ilen when he saw the dogs."I was horrified -- I know the stretch of the river well and the dogs had been dumped overnight," said Mr Mellif, a consultant construction engineer.

Both dogs -- aged one and two years old respectively -- had been well cared for in life. Yet their owners had decided to cruelly end their lives as the animals became a liability.

The dogs were among an estimated 4,000 greyhounds who are slaughtered or abandoned each year in Ireland.


this is a summary, for the full story http://www.greyhoundrescue.co.uk/news/star242.htm

THE BACKGROUND STORY...

These atrocities are happening in countries that undertake greyhound racing. In the UK alone 40,000 greyhounds are disposed of every year by the racing industry.

Due to the over breeding and short racing 'careers' there is a surplus of greyhounds with the majority of the dogs being killed.

Extremely cruel methods such as drowning, shooting, beating are commonplace. Greyhounds have been found mutilated with their ears chopped off to prevent identification of the owner through the ear tattoo.

Thousands of puppies that fail the grade are routinely killed. The lucky dogs end up being abandoned but with little hope of finding a home even though greyhounds are naturally docile and affectionate dogs and given the chance they make wonderful pets.

Greyhound racing has been recognised as a cruel sport and banned in 6 states in the USA and in South Africa with growing opposition in other countries.

The World Greyhound Racing Federation the ruling body of world wide racing and private corporations have began to promote and introduce greyhound racing in Asia.

The dogs are being exported from Australia with racing and breeding already underway in Vietnam, Macau, China and more recently in Korea.

They further plan on creating a network of tracks throughout Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia. These are countries notorious for the barbaric torture and slaughter of dogs for human consumption. At present this is the fate greyhounds in Asia unless we stop them.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

1: Be a voice for the greyhounds, each country has it's own section on this website which provides all the info you need to help us in our campaign - just take a look and act.

2: Contact the companies, racing authorities, government officials and tourist offices listed in each countrys section and voice your protest to them.

3: Do not support or attend greyhound racing in any country and never bet on a greyhound race.

4: Contact us for petition forms and copies of our leaflets to distribute and also collect signatures for our petitions.

5: Write to local, national and international newspapers to express your disgust at the export and fate of greyhounds in Asia and around the world. Tell as many people as possible.

6: If you have any information concerning greyhound cruelty in any part of the world, please contact us.

7: If you can offer a greyhound a loving home please contact us.

8: Please send a donation to help our campaign so that we can continue to help the greyhounds. Please send your cheques or postal orders to

Greyhound Action International,
PO Box 127 Kidderminster, England DY103UZ

Donations for GAI are used only for international campaigns so please mark envelopes and cheques with "Greyhound Action International"

Alternatively If you want to set up a standing order, use these details:

The Greyhound Action International
HSBC Bank PLC
Sort Code 40-04-37
Account No. 51433253

Or easiest of all just click the "donate" button and follow the instructions:

 

for more info on greyhound action international greyhoundactioninternational@hotmail.com

 


Dear :

I am very disappointed to learn that [name of sponsor] is promoting greyhound racing. I urge you to stop supporting this cruel industry.

Each year, thousands of young greyhounds who are unable to run fast enough to win are killed. Additionally, every week at tracks around the country, truckloads of failed or injured greyhounds are killed or worse, sent to research laboratories. In total, the greyhound racing industry kills approximately 20,000-25,000 greyhounds annually in the United States alone.

Greyhounds routinely suffer inhumane treatment starting from the breeding farm, to the training farm, in transport, and at race tracks. Greyhounds who make it to racetracks are typically forced to live in crates for 18-20 hours per day. Some dogs are left muzzled almost constantly. Greyhound rescue groups nationwide routinely receive racing dogs riddled with external and internal parasites, open weeping sores, and broken bones because it is more profitable to bring in fresh dogs or neglect existing dogs than to provide proper care.

Contrary to industry propaganda, the majority of racing greyhounds are not adopted out as pets. With the already huge problem of pet overpopulation, with millions of cats and dogs being killed at shelters, it is just not possible to find homes for the thousands of dogs that the greyhound racing industry discards every year.

The killing and the abuse will never stop unless the greyhound industry is banned or goes bankrupt. Please educate yourself by going to the following web sites: http://www.greyhounds.org and http://www.grey2kusa.org. Please stop supporting this atrocity.

Sincerely, 
 

[Name]
[Address]

 


Please sign the petition to Ban the exporting of greyhounds to Asia <--- click here -

To:  Australian federal Government

We the undersigned call upon the Australian federal government to ban the export of greyhounds to Asia.
The Australian greyhound racing industry is shamelessly promoting and encouraging greyhound racing in Asia. At present greyhounds are being exported from Australia to Asia to places such as Korea, Vietnam and China for the purpose of racing/breeding with further plans to create networks of tracks throughout Cambodia and the Philippines. These are countries notorious for the barbaric torture and slaughter of dogs for human consumption. There is no hope or opportunity of rehoming greyhounds that are 'surplus' to requirements in Asia. As exposed by the media they are ending their days being butchered in the dog meat industry or thrown into landfills. At present this is the fate of Australian greyhounds in Asia.

We urge you to take immediate action to protect the greyhounds of Australia from such a fate and ban the export of greyhounds to Asia.

Sincerely,

 


Greyhounds Australasia Limited (responsible for greyhound racing in Australia)

Mail: P.O. Box 239 Springvale 3171, Victoria, Australia Phone: +0011 61 (03)9548 3500
Fax: +0011 61 (03)9548 3488
Email:
admin@galtd.org.au

Mr. Geoff O'Connor - Chief Executive Officer

HGRC (Inc)
PO Box 1221 Glenorchy, TAS 7010
Phone: (03) 6272 3111
Fax: (03) 6272 1048

Email: hobartgreyhounds@bigpond.com.au



Useful Links

 
www.banbloodsports.com/coursing.htm >> The Irish Council Against Blood Sports' "BAN HARE COURSING" website.

www.greyhoundrescue.co.uk > Greyhound Rescue UK website. If you want to go straight to Greyhound Rescue UK's list of other rescues click here .

www.greyhoundrescue.co.uk/UKLinks.htm > Wealth of useful greyhound links collected by Greyhound Rescue UK.
www.ameurogreyhoundalliance.org/ > The American European Greyhound Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated solely to the welfare of greyhounds in the United States and abroad. http://www.grwe.co.uk/ > Greyhound Rescue West of England website. www.ncdl-dogpile.co.uk/ > Every time you use the Dog Pile search engine, they make a donation to the National Cannine defence fund.
http://www.greyhoundnetworknews.org/ > Greyhound Network News (GNN) is a tri-monthly anti-greyhound racing magazine published in the USA

http://www.hounddog.org.uk/ > Greyhound Compassion, an active greyhound rescue group. www.emonkeys.co.uk > Emonkeys donated the webdesign for this site. They are an ethical design company run by vegans.If you have any design work (web or print), please consider using Emonkeys so we can keep donating our time to causes like Greyhound Action.
http://www.greyhounds.org/ > The Greyhound Protection League (GPL) is the USA's equivalent of Greyhound Action. www.bgrd.co.uk > Union of Greyhound Owners, database of retired greyhounds needing homes. www.greyhoundmuses.com > Greyhound Muses - an anti-racing site with lots of poems about greyhounds.

http://www.grey2kusa.org/
A vigorous American anti-greyhound racing organization.

www.lurcher.org/lsuk > Lurcher Search UK, an organisation devoted to reuniting stolen lurchers and running dogs with their owners. http://www.veggiepets.com/ > Online cruelty free shop for animals - 100 % vegetarian ... NOTE: now selling vegan catfood that cats actually like!
emonkey.redblackandgreen.net/noban.html > NobanNovote are running an online campaign against bloodsports, visit the site to view their campaign e-flyers and to find out how you can help. www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/ > Homepage of the Retired Greyhound Trust.

www.brown-hare-preservation.co.uk > Homepage of the British Brown Hare Preservation Society ... who unsuprisingly work to help preserve our dwindling population of brown hares, from coursers etc.

www.greyhoundsuk.org/ > Greyhounds UK - a group campaigning for improved greyhound welfare http://www.lurcher.org.uk/ > Homepage of Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue. www.veggielakelandliving.co.uk > Vegetarian B and B that supports GA

click here for the homepage of Southwest Sight Hounds.

http://www.geocities.com/clazuk/WLKRehoming.html > The rehoming page of White Lodge Kennels in Leicestershire  
www.afarireland.org > Alliance for Animal Rights - campaigns against greyhound racing and on other animal rights issues http://www.all-creatures.org/pup/ > Prevent Unwanted Pets 'PUP' was founded in December 1986 because of the founder members concern about the appalling suffering of unwanted animals. The charity uses its funds to help people on a low income (eg Income Support or Family Credit) towards the cost of having their dogs and cats spayed or neutered. PUP is run entirely by volunteers and receives no government aid.  
www.sighthoundsonline.co.uk > Sighthounds Online is a group of like minded people who have, have had, love sighthounds or are involved with sighthound rescue. We come together to discuss sighthounds and assist rescues by having areas for homeless sighthounds and we also carry out fundraising for rescues.

We are wholly opposed to the abuse and mistreatment of sighthounds and the use of sighthounds for hunting and racing.

http://greyhoundangels.iinet.net.au/ > An Australian greyhound rescue website.

 
  http://www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk > Greyhounds in Need are always looking for homes in the UK, and elsewhere, for greyhounds rescued in Italy and Spain.  
  www.dogrescueireland.com > Dog Rescue Ireland - rescues and finds homes for greyhounds and lurchers.  
  www.trailhoundtrust.freeservers.com > The trailhound trust rehomes trailhounds who are used in an usual from of dog racing in the English lake district - check out this site to learn more about this subject  
 

http://gmgf.mysite.freeserve.com> Greyhounds Make Good Friends - another good re-homing site

 
  http://www.dogsworldwide.com/gagah.htm > Give a Greyhound a Home (based in Aberdeen, Scotland)  
  http://greyhoundgap.proboards20.com/index.cgi > New site dealing with re-homing UK and Irish greyhounds  
  http://www.houndaid.com > "Hound Aid is an exciting new charity that aims to help sighthounds of all
descriptions wherever they may be! Broadly based on the Band Aid phenomenon, Hound Aid is not a rescue in its own right, but aims to help rescues whatever the need may be.
"
 
 

http://www.greyhoundrescuewales.co.uk > Greyhound Rescue Wales website.

 

 
  http://www.kamascave.com > Is the Suffolf branch of the Retired Greyhound Trust ... check out their website for full details of their work.  
  http://www.Galgos-In-Not.de > Active Austrian rescue group who specialise in helping Spanish galgos

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